The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES.

rather my daughters would fill. 1t is one
bultened with great responsibilities, of
course, but what mode of life is not where
there is anything to be gained! l assure you
l should not consider that Il clear understand
ing of the cattle business interferel in any
way with the refinement of those whom l
hold most dear"
But you nave doubtless met stock women
of Il directly opposite class, have you not"
"Oh, yes; there are necessarily exceptions
to nll rules. The uurouth woman of the
ranch, who rounds up her w herds and who
sleeps in the saddle, is not altogether n creature
of tho imagination. Uncouth and ignorant
size may he, but she is always a good woman,
and one whom all the cowboys respect. l
know several instances where the women can
swing u lariat like Il man, and know quite
we'll how to manage Il herd. A very few of
them personally supervise their OWN animals,
however, and these, in most instances, are
these who have not rs yet accumulated much
wealth, although there IRE some very rich
CATTLE women i'll Colorado who ride after their
own herds. A woman usually manages her
cattle through q foreman, whom she often
supplies with brain power. She does not
usually live OH the ranch, but rather in q
handsome house in some n%cighboring town.
But, all the same, she is the bono and sinew
of the business. Her clear head manages it
all, and it is through her directions that her
foreman always proceeds. She often spends
the summer on the ranch, where a comfort
able dwelling is fitted up for her, much on the
order of an English shooting box.
NOT EASILY WON.
"You want to know something about the
unmarried women who are great stock raisers.
Well, the main thing that can be said for
them is, that men Of position and prominence
everywhere wan to marry them, not purely
out of money considerations either, for somo
of thes. unmarried stock women have q fund
of good sense and useful intelligence which
cannot be eclipsed, and beside this, many of
them are quite accomplished and good look
ing. But few of them are past their youth,
and they have a shrew,l way Of looking ut
things, which augurs ill for the stranger who
looks with longing eyes upon their locks and
herds.
Colorado women generally have gone into
the stock business" concluded the cattleman,
Through q direct line of inheritance-that is,
they have inherited either small herds, vast
ones. OF Il taste and inclination for the life. I
know of numerous instances where 4 father
has died leaving his daughter q very small
uelu, ulNt eiC hoo 5oIS sNtdAAy VII ~ ~
making thousands where her father before
her mode hundreds of dollars. Again, there
are widows who have come into possession of
vast stock interests through the death of their
husbands, md who have managed tho bust
ness left to them until the receipts run away
up in the millions.
II know rcsolute women too, who began
without Il dollar, and who have gained wealth
and standing in the stock business. The most
highly novel sight l ever saw was u 1i-year-
old girl llerding cattle way up i'll Montana,
with only her little brother to assist her. The
father OF these two children had died, leaving
them q small herd of cattle, and l would be
willing to wagermy last dollar that that little
brown skinned girl away mp there in that
wilderness will yet count her dollars by
thousands. OF the 500 stock wonen no"
doing business in Colorado, all are well anf
favorably known among cattle and sheer
men, any one of whom would gladly befrient
them III case of all emergency, but whom, OIL
the other hand, they are quite capable OF ad
vising i'll many practicable matters relating
, to stock raising."-Denver Republican.